Colorado Territory
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Was an organized incorporated territory of the United States.
Establishment
February 1861: The Territory of Colorado was created to govern the western region of the former Kansas Territory on February 28, 1861. This decision was made by President James Buchanan as part of the efforts to organize the western territories and address the growing population in the area.
February 1861: The Territory of Jefferson ceased to exist when the Colorado Territory was created on February 28, 1861.
February 1861: Colorado Territory established on part of the territories of New Mexico and Utah.
October 1861: The U.S. presidents sets apart Uintah valley, Utah, for various bands of Uintah Uta.
Chronology
Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation
1. Events
October 1865: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
October 1865: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
March 1868: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
May 1868: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
June 1868: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
July 1868: The Wyoming Territory was organized from portions of Dakota, Idaho, and Utah Territories.
July 1868: The U.S. Congress discontinues the Smith River reservation in California and provides for the removal of Indians to Hoope valley and Round valley reservations.
April 1874: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
June 1875: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
November 1875: Indian Land Cessions in the U.S., 1784 to 1894
August 1876: Colorado Territory was admitted as the thirty-eighth state, Colorado.
Disestablishment
August 1876: Colorado Territory was admitted as the thirty-eighth state, Colorado.
Selected Sources
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 824
Royce, C. C. (1899): Indian Land Cessions in the United States, Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, p. 850
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